This character was described to me as the "bad guy" of her novel. A very intelligent and tortured person. He carries 2 katanas with a strange style (although only one made it into the pic) and he has a series of tattoos on his shoulder and chest (you can just see some of the) ^^

I was also requested to paint him in a similar style of outfit as my previous 'Broken Desires' painting as well as a similar background.

This ones been done for a little while, I've just been so slow at getting stuff uploaded here...

No Critique desiredPainted completely (including the background) in Photoshop.Time: About 3 weeks.A few references used.Note: the title was just some random one I made up.--Commission Info--

Its just regular Photoshop CS. Everything is hand done with just a few simple brushes (I only use about 3 different ones in most of my paintings). Blending options are used a fair amount on some of the overlaying layers though, for the dramatic lighting/coloring.

3 weeks is actually fairly quick for me (although my record for finishing a commission is 6 days). Its not uncommon for a single painting to take 4-6 weeks to finish. Its all the details zoomed in work that takes forever.